Alter Ego Manifesto

Artist
Rhett Tsai

Creation media and date
Facial capture interactive installation, 2020

Description
Alter Ego Manifesto is the latest experiment with “virtual avatar” by the artist. This work consists of a manifesto text and a facial capture system that can be interacted by using viewers’ faces to controll the face and the sound of the avatar. “Facial control” is the central entry point throughout this work, which discusses the nature of the alter ego and the virtual avatar.
In the system built by the artist using face capture and sound programs, the avatar will continue to read the manifesto written by the artist himself, and the viewer will control the avatar’s face using an iPad, causing the avatar’s actions and sounds to waver and dislocate from their original paths. This situation leads to the artist’s thoughts on the antagonism between the alter ego and the controller.
Alter Ego Manifesto is a media art experimental based on the practice of the “alter ego”, and it is also a reflection on the current trend of virtual idols and digital humans.

另我宣言

艺术家
蔡宇潇

创作媒介及时间
面部捕捉互动装置，2020年

作品简介
在本作品中艺术家搭建了一套视觉、声音皆可互动的面捕系統。观者使用面部表情控制一位虚拟化身，此化身将持续不断地阅读由艺术家写作的《另我宣言》文本。控制而造成的化身行为、声音的错乱、错位，引出作者关于另我与控制者的对抗关系的思考。